Records Fall in Texas as Track and Field Competes at Four Meets Across Country

Mar 31, 2018

AUSTIN, Texas – The Harvard men's 4x400-meter relay team – Rodney Agyare-May, Myles Marshall, Jovahn Williamson, and Matt Hurst - set a new school record, qualifying for the final by placing fifth (3:09.38), then setting a new school mark on Saturday (3:08.57), placing sixth overallat the Texas Relays. That effort was among several record setting performances for Harvard track and field across four meets this weekend - the Texas Relays, the Bobcat Invitational, the Raleigh Relays, and the UMass-Lowell Invitational.

On Thursday, Erick Duffy recorded the second best outdoor pole vault mark in program history, clearing 16-10¾. Duffy matched that mark at the Bobcat Invitational on Friday, placing second overall.

Gabe Montague had Harvard's best finish in the 1500m, placing fifth in his section (3:54.62).

On Friday, senior captain Jay Hebert nearly matched his personal record in the 110-meter hurdles, placing 23rd overall (14.304). In the women's 100-meter hurdles, Livia Gauntlett (13.85) and Karina Joiner (13.88) each recorded top-10 program times in the event.

Junior captain Gabby Thomas qualified for the final in the 100-meters with a new (wind-aided) program record (11.14), then on Saturday, set a new (wind-aided) program mark (11.04) in the event, finishing third overall. In the wind-aided 200m on Saturday, Thomas broke her own school record, placing first overall by nearly a second (22.13), the sixth fastest NCAA all-conditions mark ever in the event.

Simi Fajemisin took second overall in the triple jump, and first among collegiate athletes, setting a new program mark by reaching 42-10¾.

Karina Joiner set a new personal mark in the 400-meter hurdles, finishing in 59.72, fifth on the all-time program list.

Senior captain Marlena Sabatino (12-1½) and Nicole Trenchard (11-7¾) went 1-2 in the women's pole vault. Trenchard also took second in the javelin (119-9). In the women's triple jump, Rachael Estell won the event (35-6½). In the women's hammer throw, Allison Rabe (137-9) and Martha Kebeh (133-8) went 2-3 in the event.

On the men's side, Louis Colson won the 3000m run in 8:34.78. Matthew Perriera had a strong showing in the 1500m run (4:00.17), placing third overall. Matthew Miller took second in the pole vault (15-3).